Shanghai (ZXZC)-According to the data released by China Passenger Car Association (CPCA), among the top 10 PV brands by October sales, VW ranked first with overwhelming sales of 309,100 units, representing a year-on-year increase of 5.6%. Four local brands, Geely, Baojun, Changan, and Haval were on the list. Particularly, Geely took the second place among the top 10 PV brands with the largest year-on-year growth of 30% to 125,200 units. Baojun boasted the second largest sales growth of 25.3% year on year to 108,400 units, ranking the sixth among the top ten and the second among the four local brands. Contrary to the sales growth, the other two local brands, Changan and Haval suffered year-on-year sales declines of 15.1% and 13.1% respectively. Both Honda and Nissan entered the top five with sales growth of over 10%.